Category: Cybersecurity

  • Resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing – Right Now

    Resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing – Right Now

    “Miss the beat, you lose the rhythm, And nothing falls into place” Van Halen, circa 1991, Right Now Van Halen’s insight about timing and seizing the moment in its song, Right Now, is a great metaphor for the current situation with PNT. As background, the most prevalent source of PNT, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, is…

  • AV Cybersecurity Collaboration #CES2019

    AV Cybersecurity Collaboration #CES2019

    Daniel Thunberg, Global Head of Connected Transport of Irdeto, and Danny Loeb, VP Alliances & Partners of SafeRide Technologies, talk about the process for security in this panel-like discussion at CES2019. A key message is that cybersecurity is a component of automobile safety and is something that industry cooperates on, instead of competes on. Further,…

  • Detecting the Invisible Physical Attacks on Autonomous Driving #CES2019

    Detecting the Invisible Physical Attacks on Autonomous Driving #CES2019

    While cyber attacks represent a potential Achilles heel for the success of autonomous vehicle software, spoofing and jamming via physical means could be another way for criminals to wreak havoc on the public. Enter Regulus Cyber, an Israeli-based company that is dedicated to ensuring GNSS (GPS) security from these external threats and researching how to…

  • DSRC vs C-V2X and More – Spectrum Is the Goldmine

    DSRC vs C-V2X and More – Spectrum Is the Goldmine

    “Spectrum, really the airwaves, is the gold mine,” states Rajiv Mathur, Ph.D., Smart Transportation Programs Prospect Silicon Valley. Mathur was referring to an area of agreement between two competing technological approaches that allow vehicles to communicate with each other, with infrastructure and “things” and, conceivably, even pedestrians. The above interview recaps a 1/23/19, ProspectSV forum that…

  • DSRC or 5G?

    DSRC or 5G?

    Which radio technology will win the day in the autonomous vehicle future; DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications) or 5G (or 5GAA (PDF))? As Brian Daugherty, CTO of the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) suggests in the above interview, these different radio technologies are likely to be complementary, fulfilling different needs. An important premise is…

  • Lots of Possibilities With the Right Mindset

    Lots of Possibilities With the Right Mindset

    Mindset change, new business opportunities and cybersecurity are three terms that describe some of the highlights of last week’s 2015 IP Possibilities conference and trade show. The sessions were terrific and the exhibit floor featured some interesting innovations, but the best part of the show, was the interaction with innovators from around the country. In…